Single 2' 40w Ballasts

[Kev]

They do get much hotter than standard 20W! Eliot knows more about this set up but sure it works!

[Slyspark]

No, solved it, lamp I was using was one of those fake Chinese things that says it's 40w but is actually just a 20w tube with 40w printed on it. Thought I'd binned all of those, just chucked it in the lamp bin and stuck a Luxram in it and seems much happier (and a sensible temp).

[Danny]

Have you still got those fake 2ft 40ws? If so I'd be interested in them for future experiments?

[Slyspark]

Yea, still got 5 or so I've just discovered

[Slyspark]

You ever do anything with those fake 2' 40w T12's Danny?

[Danny]

How strange you should ask that as I'm actually playing with one of them right now on a incandescent ballast

[Slyspark]

Haha, funny how that sometimes happens! Ah well, you're doing more with them than I would have, they almost went off to the lamp bin!

[Danny]

This one seems to run on on this 250v 130w carbon filament lamp. They appear to just be standard 20w tubes but with cathodes for 4' 36/40w tubes.

[Slyspark]

Well, they're clearly not 2' 40w! Speaking of which, wonder when seller is going to send the 49 I won on eBay?

[Danny]

Oh shit. Wen did u win them